LaTray v. City of Havre

11 Debra and Marlin LaTray (the LaTrays) appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Havre (the City) by the Twelfth Judicial District Court, Hill County. In bringing suit against the City, the LaTrays alleged that the City’s police officers had acted negligently in failing to exercise proper control over an intoxicated female whom they had transported to the Northern Montana Hospital, thus allowing her to intentionally assault and injure Debra LaTray (LaTray), a nurse at the hospital. The District Court held that since the assault was not reasonably foreseeable, the…